INDEX to Curtis files

UNKNOWN CURTIS

Parents: Unknown

Deane [Ref] says that Richard, Thomas, John and William Curtis of Scituate were brothers.

1. Richard Curtis died in 1693. He married first Ann Hallett. He married second Lydia Unknown.
2. Thomas Curtis lived in York. [Ref] He moved to Scituate in 1649. [Ref]
   some descendants of Thomas Curtis
3. John Curtis left no family. [Ref, p. 251]
   John had a house at Curtis's Hill in Scituate. [Ref, p. 251] It was burnt in King Philip's War. [Ref, p. 251]
   
4. William Curtis was in Scituate in 1643. [Ref] He is in the Scituate section of the 1643 list of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms in Plymouth Colony. [Ref] He was a constable in 1664. [Ref, p. 52]
   some descendants of William Curtis

Generation 1

RICHARD CURTIS (d. 1693) of Scituate

Parents: Unknown Curtis

Richard Curtis died in 1693. [Ref, p. 252] He married first Ann Hallett in 1649. [Ref, says Lydia Hallet][Ref 2;340] He married second Lydia Unknown.

He is in the Scituate section of the 1643 list of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms in Plymouth Colony. [Ref]

He was in Marblehead in 1648. [Ref][Ref, p. 251] He purchased land in Scituate in 1648. [Ref, p. 251] He build a house between Gowin White's and the harbour. [Ref, p. 251]

At the 9 (5) 1645 court at Salem, a number of inhabitants of Marblehead were presented, having made accusations about each other. Richard Cooke was presented for offering to trade neckclothes with John Peach, Sr. and daring him into the woods. A postscript to the warrants, served on 9 (7) 1645, says that Richard Curtis was not cleared of a presentment. [Ref]

Richard was the constable in Scituate in 1659. [Ref, p. 51] He was surveyor of the highways in Scituate in 1650. [Ref, p. 58] He was a grand juryman there in 1677. [Ref, p. 58] He was in the Scituate military company. [Ref, p. 74]

It was decided, partially because of the town's size, to split Scituate into two societies, each with its own house of worship. Some residents who lived in one society chose to support the other. An Oct 1680 order of the court clarified which residents were to pay taxes to support which society. Mrs. Tilden, Richard Curtis, and John Turner, Jr., although living in the area of the old society, were to pay taxes to support the new. [Ref]

In his will of 1692, Richard mentions his eldest son John, his wife Lydia, his son Thomas and his daughters Hannah [Anna?] Curtis, Elizabeth Brooks, Mary Badcock and Martha Clark. [Ref, p. 251]

Children of Richard Curtis and (presumably) Ann Hallett

1. Anna Curtis was born on 12 May 1649 in Scituate. [Ref] She was baptised on 4 Jul 1652 in Scituate. [Ref]
2. Elizabeth Curtis was born in 1651. [Ref] She married Nathaniel Brooks on 24 Dec 1678 in Scituate. [Ref] Nathaniel was the son of William Brooks [Ref 1;263] and his wife Susanna. [Ref, p. 45] Nathaniel was born in 1646. [Ref, p. 45]
   some descendants of Elizabeth Curtis
   
3. John Curtis was born on 1 Dec 1653. [Ref] He married Miriam Brooks, on 4 Apr 1678 in Scituate. [Ref][Ref, p. 252] Miriam was the daughter of William Brooks [Ref][Ref, p. 252] and his wife Susanna. [Ref, p. 45] She was born in 1652. [Ref, p. 45]
   some descendants of John Curtis
4. Mary Curtis was born in 1655. [Ref] She married Jonathan Badcock. [Ref, p. 230]
   some descendants of Mary Curtis
5. Martha Curtis was born in 1657. [Ref] She married Thomas Clark on 11 Jan 1676 in Scituate. [Ref] Thomas was a soldier in King Philip's war. [Ref 1;405 ]
   some descendants of Martha Curtis
6. Thomas Curtis was born on 18 Mar 1659. He married first Mary Cooke. He married second Mary Guilford.
7. Deborah Curtis was born in 1661. [Ref] She probably died before 1692, when she was not mentioned in her father's will.
8. Sarah Curtis was born in 1663. [Ref] She probably died before 1692, when she was not mentioned in her father's will.

Generation 2

THOMAS CURTIS (1659-1738) of Scituate

Parents: Richard Curtis and Ann Hallett [Ref]

Thomas Curtis was born on 18 Mar 1659. [Ref] He died on 3 Jan 1738 in Scituate. [Ref] He married first Mary Cooke on 6 Mar 1694 in Scituate. [Ref gives only the year][Ref] She died in Jun 1703 in Scituate. [Ref] He married second Mary Guilford on 19 Sep 1711 in Scituate. [Ref]

Thomas settled on a tract of land in Scituate called Egypt in 1693. [Ref, p. 252]

Children of Thomas Curtis and Mary Cooke:

1. Deborah Curtis was born on 17 Feb 1697 in Scituate. [Ref]
2. Ruth Curtis was born on 19 Apr 1699 in Scituate. [Ref] She died there in 1708. [Ref]
3. Mary Curtis was born on 6 Mar 1701/2 in Scituate. [Ref] She may be the Mary who married Malatiah Dilingham on 28 Oct 1723 in Scituate. [Ref]
4. Thomas Curtis was born on 5 Mar 1703/4 in Scituate. He died on 20 Jan 1757 in Scituate. He married Ruth Wade.

Children of Thomas Curtis and Mary Guilford:

1. Ruth Curtis was born on 24 Feb 1711/12 in Scituate. [Ref]

Generation 3

THOMAS CURTIS (1704-1757) of Scituate

Parents: Thomas Curtis and Mary Cooke

Thomas Curtis was born on 5 Mar 1703/4 in Scituate. [Ref] He died on 20 Jan 1757 in Scituate. [Ref] He married Ruth Wade on 21 Aug 1729 in Scituate. [Ref] She died on 14 Nov 1763 in Scituate. [Ref] He married second the widow Mercy Web in 1775. [Ref]

Children of Thomas Curtis and Ruth Wade:

1. Thomas Curtis was born on 8 Dec 1729 in Scituate. [Ref] He married Lucy (Susannah) Baily on 25 Oct. 1759 in Scituate. [Ref] Susanna was the daughter of William and Judith (Booth) Baily. [Ref, p. 215] She died in Nov 1774 in Scituate. [Ref]
   some descendants of Thomas Curtis
   
2. Jael Curtis was born on 29 Jun 1732 in Scituate. [Ref] She married Obadiah Lincoln on 19 Aug 1755 in Scituate. [Ref]
3. Eli Curtis was born on 12 Aug 1733 in Scituate. He married first Mrs. Desire Turner. He married second Elizabeth Baily. He married third Bathsheba Nichols.
4. Ruth Curtis was born on 28 Sep 1735 in Scituate. [Ref] She died there on 7 May 1750, age 15. [Ref]
5. Marcy Curtis was baptised on 6 Aug 1738 in Scituate. [Ref]
6. Simeon Curtis was baptised on 27 Jun 1739 in Scituate. [Ref]
7. Abner Curtis was born on 11 Sep 1742 in Scituate. [Ref] He died there on 28 Aug 1745, age 3. [Ref]
8. Beriah Curtis was born on 9 Mar 1745 in Scituate. [Ref] Beriah of Chesterfield married Desire Litchfield [Ref, p. 8-9] on 14 Sep 1783 in Scituate. [Ref][Ref only gives the year] Desire was the daughter of Isaac Litchfield. [Ref, p. 8-9]
   Beriah moved to Chesterfield. [Ref]
9. Mary Curtis died on 28 Oct 1752 in Scituate, age 2 years and 5 months. [Ref]

Generation 4

ELI CURTIS (1733-1818) of Scituate

Parents: Thomas Curtis and Ruth Wade

Eli Curtis was born on 12 Aug 1733 in Scituate. [Ref] He died on 26 Jan 1818 [Ref] in Scituate. [Ref, 83 years, ten months] He married first Mrs. Desire Turner on 14 Dec 1758. [Ref] She died on 17 Aug 1775 in Scituate, age 41. [Ref] He married second Elizabeth Baily on 22 Jan 1777 in Scituate. [Ref] Elizabeth was the daughter of Dea. Joseph and Elizabeth (White) Baily. [Ref, p. 214] She was born about 1732 or 1733. She died on 6 Oct 1781, aged 48 or 49, in Scituate. [Ref] He married third Bathsheba Nichols on 14 Nov 1782 in Scituate. [Ref] She was born about 1736. She died on 1 Aug 1812, age 76 years and four months, in Scituate. [Ref]

In his diary, Israel Litchfield recounts that on 23 Apr 1775, a sabbath, and on 24 Apr 1775 he went to breakfast at Eli Curtis's. [Ref]

Eli was a private in Ensign Otis's Royal Americans on the Lexington Alarm. [Ref]

In 1790 Eli headed a household in Scituate consisting of one white male 16 and over [himself] and two white females [Bathsheba and someone else]. [Ref]

Children of Eli Curtis and Desire Unknown

1. Eli Curtis was born on 9 Mar 1760 in Scituate. [Ref] He died on 21 Mar 1830, age 70 years and 12 days, in Scituate. [Ref] He married Mrs. Deborah Merritt on 31 Aug 1786 in Scituate. [Ref] She was born about 1763. She died of "old age" on 12 Feb 1848, age 84 years and six months, in Scituate. [Ref]
   In 1790 Elis headed a household in Scituate consisting of one white male over 16 [himself], one white female [Deborah] and two white males under 16. [Ref]
   some descendants of Eli Curtis
   
2. Abner Curtis was born on 31 May 1762 in Scituate. He died on 30 Jun 1839. He married Tamsin Atwood.
3. Luther Curtis was born on 10 Jan 1766 in Scituate. [Ref]
4. Desire Curtis was born on 28 Jul 1767 in Scituate. [Ref]
5. Seth Curtis was born on 4 Jun 1769 in Scituate. [Ref]
6. Asa Curtis was born on 13 Mar 1773 in Scituate. [Ref]

Generation 5

ABNER CURTIS (1762 - 1839) of Barrington and Bucksport

Parents: Eli Curtis and Desire Turner [Ref]

Abner Curtis was born on 31 May 1762 in Scituate. [Ref][Ref] He died on 30 Jun 1839, age 78, and is buried in the Riverview Cemetery in Bucksport. [Ref] Click here for a photo of his grave. He married Tamsin Atwood on 9 Oct 1786 in Barrington. [Ref][Ref, no date]

Abner was in Barrington early. [Ref] He moved from Barrington to Maine. [Ref, p. 2] He was elected the first town clerk and the first treasurer of Bucksport on 6 Sep 1792. [Ref]

The first Methodist sermon in Maine was preached on Aug 1795. The only two church members then were Abner Curtis and his wife, "who came from the British provinces." [Ref].

The detailed 1800 Hancock county census reports that Abner Curtis lived in Bucksport with two other males and two females. The entire household was between 26 and 45. They had come from Scituate. Also listed, with households the same age and also from Scituate, are Seth, Abel and Asa Curtis. [Ref]

Children of Abner Curtis and Tamsin Atwood:

1. Desire Curtis was born on 15 Aug 1787 in Barrington. [Ref, p. 3][Ref, says 14 Aug]
2. Elizabeth Curtis was born on 1 Nov 1789 in Bucksport. She died on 8 Feb 1866. She married Cyrus Cummings.
3. Abner Curtis (conjectured son) was born in 1800 in Maine. [Ref, about 1801] He died on 18 May 1867, age 66 years and 11 months, and is buried in North Bucksport. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of his grave. He married Hannah Unknown. She was born in 1801 [Ref] in Maine. [Ref, about 1802] She died on 22 Aug 1882, age 80 years and nine months, and was buried in North Bucksport with her husband. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of her grave.
   In 1850 Abner and Hannah were living in Bucksport and Abner was a farmer. He had real estate worth $725. Susannah Curtis, born about 1816 in Maine, lived with Abner and Hannah. [Ref] In 1860 Abner and Hannah were living in Bucksport and Abner was a farmer. He had real estate worth $700 and a personal estate of $125. [Ref] In 1870 Hannah was living in Bucksport. She had real estate worth $1,000 and a personal estate of $350. [Ref]

Generation 6

ELIZABETH CURTIS (1789 - 1868)

Parents: Abner Curtis [Ref, p. 320][Ref, p. 405] and Tamsin Atwood

Elizabeth was born on 1 Nov 1789 in Bucksport [Ref, for son Andrew] . [Ref, p. 320][Ref, p. 405] Elizabeth, the wife of the Rev. Cyrus Cummings, died on 8 Feb 1868 [Ref, p. 320] at age 78 and is buried in the Western Cemetery in Portland, Cumberland, Maine. [Ref] Elizabeth Curtis of Bucksport married Cyrus Cummings on 23 May 1816. [Ref, p. 320][Ref, p. 405]

References

Bicentennial Committee, The Origins of Bucksport, Bucksport.

Cummins, Albert Oren, Cummings Genealogy : Isaac Cummings, 1601-1677, of Ipswich in 1638 and some of his descendants, Montpelier, VT, A.O. Cummins, 1904.

Davis, Walter Goodwin, "Part of Hancock, Maine in 1800," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 105, 1951, 283.

Deane, Samuel, History of Scituate Massachusetts, Digital Scanning Inc, 2002.

Johnson, Richard Brigham, ed., "The Diary of Israel Litchfield," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 129, 250 -269.

Jordan, William B., Burial Records of the Western Cemetery in Portland, Maine, unknown, Heritage Books, unknown.

Litchfield, Wilford Jacob, To Descendants of Lawrence Litchfield, unknown, unknown, 1901.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007

Mooar, George, The Cummings Memorial : A genealogical history of the descendants of Isaac Cummings, an early settler of Topsfield, Massachusetts, New York, B.F. Cummings, 1903.

National Archives and Records Administration, First Census of the United States, 1790, M637, RG 29, 12 rolls, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

No Author, Barrington & Argyle, Nova Scotia Vital Records, Online Database, AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.

No author, Gravestones at North Bucksport, Maine Genealogy Archives, http://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2008/12/inscriptions-from-north-bucksport.html.

No Author, New Englanders in Nova Scotia, Manuscript R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.

No author, 'Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files,' Essex Antiquarian, v. 5, 89.

No author, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909.

Pierce, Ebenezer, Civil, Military and Professional Lists of Plymouth and Rhode Island Colonies, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1995.

Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, Vol. I-IV. Boston, 1860-1862.

Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., "List of Those Able to Bear Arms in the Colony of New Plymouth 1643," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 4, 1850, 255-259.

Upham, F. K., Genealogy and Family history of the Uphams of Castine, Maine, and Dixon, Illinois: with genealogical notes of Brooks, Kidder, Perkins, Cutler, Ware, Avery, Curtis, Little, Warren, Southworth and other families, Newark, N.J, unknown, 1887.

Whittemore, Henry, Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.

Williamson, Joseph,. History of the city of Belfast in the state of Maine, Portland Me.: Loring, Short, and Harmon, 1877-1913.